Akil Sadikali
Open to work15 years experienceEngineering Leader
Engineering leader with 15+ years of experience in mobile and enterprise software.
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Work Experience
SENIOR ENGINEER / TECH LEAD - ANDROID
SKIP THE DISHES
- Implemented major features, Multi-Partner Pooling, Memberships and Zendesk updates.
- Lead engineering initiatives to improve code quality.
- Led the collaboration with 4 cross functional teams (3 Android, 4 iOS, backend Engineers, designers) to build consensus on project parameters, contracts, and design optimizations.
- Provided feedback for individual contribution and project implementation
- Successfully launched Memberships with 200k sign ups in 7 days.
- Collaborated with senior engineers to create new review / testing processes to improve code quality and implement better architecture.
- Created better collaboration through continuously improving agile processes / frameworks.
- Mentored mid / junior engineers from onboarding until feeling established and comfortable within the organization.
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - ANDROID
META
- Team member on Portal, a consumer device targeted to make video calling easier and better.
- Worked on Portal Assistant to allow users to interact with the device using voice commands.
- Collaborated with Amazon to update Alexa on the device.
- Coordinated tasks for 3 contractor Engineers, and 2 junior Engineers for day to day activities and task prioritization.
- Managed 3rd party software testing team by providing tasks and goals to evaluate device performance
- Created implementation plans and tasks to coordinate development by investigating performance bottlenecks to plan for improvements to calling experience.
- Participated in ideation sessions demonstrating product awareness by providing suggestions such as: improved calling layout and auto transcript generation.
- Coordinated engineers spread across different time zones (GMT, PST) by arranging 1 on 1 meetings and using standup planning sessions to provide tasks to ensure the team functions.
SENIOR ANDROID DEVELOPER
BELL MEDIA (CRAVE TV)
- Planned update to billing transitioning from web to Google Subscription.
- Overhauled networking layer, moving from REST API to GraphQL.
- Brought consensus to different departments (Customer service, Finance, and analytics) regarding the new billing and purchasing through Google Pay.
- Created development plan to comply with Google Terms and Conditions transitioning from billing via web to implement In app-purchasing using Google Subscriptions.
- Outlined the requirements by creating a cross department scope document collaborating with SLT, backend and business partners to discuss impact of the project on the organization.
SENIOR ANDROID CONSULTANT
SENIOR ANDROID CONSULTANT
- HBC Digital: Premier app to purchase from Saks Fifth Ave online ordering.
- Intuit: Tax filing software, added Google Dynamic Pricing for payments; Complete tax filing with the Canada Revenue Agency.
- Rangle.io (for Roche Pharmaceuticals): Re-Built Bluetooth communication with Glucose Pump to fix major connection error.
SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
CLEARBRIDGE MOBILE
- Led delivery for a cross-functional team of 10+ engineers and QA professionals building Chatr Mobile's customer application.
- Acting as a technical manager writing technical user stories for a team of 8 engineers to build software, and for 2 QA members for testing.
- Presented realistic estimates to clients outlining major gaps and assumptions by reviewing RFPs for core requirements and developed a competitive and realistic budget and timeline.
- Determined core needs through discovery sessions with clients to outline acceptance criteria and goals.
- Architected solutions by selecting appropriate resources (human, physical, 3 rd party) to achieve client goals.
- Introduced the team in a Kanban way of working adopting other agile ceremonies.
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Achievements
Publication
Rhythmic Gait Signatures From Video Without Motion Capture . ICAD, June 2010
Scholarship
Queen Victoria award
Academic Honor
Dean’s list 1997-2001
Award
Victoria in-class Scholarship 1997, 1998
About Details
Professional Bio
Engineering leader with 15+ years of experience delivering large-scale mobile and enterprise software. Passionate about building high-performing teams and creating collaborative environments that deliver exceptional customer experiences.
MSc in Video and Motion Analysis
University of Calgary (2006 - 2009)
H. BSc in Computer Science – Software Engineering
University of Toronto (1996 - 2001)